IOC's 2026 SRY gene test risks sidelining intersex athletes assigned female at birth
TL;DR
The IOC's 2026 policy requires testing for the SRY gene to classify athletes by sex, a move meant to bar transgender athletes from women’s competitions but likely to exclude many intersex women who were assigned female at birth because biological sex is complex and the policy provides no case by case exceptions.
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